Example sentences of "[det] was [verb] by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was supported by the correlation between the male 's condition at the start of the season and the number of days he spent incubating eggs . |
| 2 | In a parliamentary debate on Aug. 28 this was challenged by the opposition Union of Democratic Forces ( which like all major parties roundly condemned the attack ) , the UDF secretary Petur Beron hinting instead that the attack might have been instigated by communist provocateurs . |
| 3 | This was exemplified by the league of the Iroquois which Morgan had studied in detail . |
| 4 | This was repealed by the Theft Act 1978 , s.5(5) . |
| 5 | During the thirties ( presumably after the end of prohibition ) this was replaced by the can sealed by crimping and with the label printed directly on to the metal ( figure 7.3d ) . |
| 6 | This was recognized by the City of London polytechnic Learning Resources Centre about five years ago , when virtually the same orientation content was presented in five different self-instructional modes ( video.tape , programmed instruction , tape-slide , audio-tape and chart ) . |
| 7 | This was personified by the ascendancy in the political sphere of Stanley Baldwin and the rise in the economic sphere of Montagu Norman , the Governor of the Bank of England . |
| 8 | Thomas suspected this was caused by the fuel rods from the space station exploding on impact with the surface . |
| 9 | He said the only explanation of this was given by the boy to his five year old brother . |
| 10 | This was indicated by the dispatch of British warships to the region , the construction of a major base on Diego Garcia , and the desire of the British cabinet ‘ to set up its own rapid deployment corps , which will be used to support the convenient regimes in that region and suppress the national liberation movements there ’ . |
| 11 | The end of this was indicated by the appearance of a table of numbers ; this was a record of the average response time for both Yes and No responses for all 6 memory set sizes . |
| 12 | This was answered by the production of full-length riot shields and , as the throwing intensified , mounted horses with baton-wielding riders were sent in . |
| 13 | This was demonstrated by the absence of any correlation between the severity of the gastritis or epithelial surface damage and the bacterial ammonia production . |
| 14 | There is an enormous variety of good material available for primary children : this was demonstrated by the length of the list of authors published in our first Report . |
| 15 | But this was tempered by the disclosure that 35 per cent of firms expect to cut jobs over the same period . |
| 16 | This was determined by the price range , the fact that the vehicle was sold as new and by the expectations raised by the description " Range Rover " . |
| 17 | This was epitomized by the youth style that underpinned this stage of the sixties : Mod : |
| 18 | This was followed by the Plague during which 100,000 people died in London alone . |
| 19 | This was followed by the Company Commander of B Company being asked to organise a barbecue around the swimming pool ( the legacy of a former Commanding Officer who had discovered an under-used JCB in the grounds of the base ) . |
| 20 | This was followed by the cutting of a ribbon across the track by BBC television documentary producer Andrew Johnston . |
| 21 | This was followed by the finding that the L-arginine-NO pathway is a widespread tissue system involved in the regulation of cell function and communication . |
| 22 | This was followed by the voice of another woman : ‘ Even if she survives , she 'll never be right . ’ |
| 23 | The outstanding early example of this was the D.C.3 , later known as the Dakota , and this was followed by the Spitfire and by many of the famous aircraft of the last War . |
| 24 | This was followed by the destruction of research as well as its most significant carriers . |
| 25 | The Model X had a 110hp ACE Cirrus Ensign , later designated the Model B. This was followed by the Model C fitted with a 95hp Menasco Pirate B-4 and the Model D with the 125hp Pirate C-4 ( NC855Y and NC 11043 ) , certificated under ATC.404 in March 1931 . |
| 26 | This was followed by the start of their rise to prominence as agricultural engineers . |
| 27 | This was followed by the Local Government Act 1888 which established county councils and county borough councils . |
| 28 | This was followed by the launch of Tesco 's hugely successful Healthy Eating range , aimed at promoting a balanced diet . |
| 29 | This was followed by the sale of the electricity supply industry in England and Wales in March 1991 [ see p. 38111 ] , which was completed on May 30 with the issue of the prospectus for the flotation of the two Scottish electricity companies , [ see p. 38300 ] . |
| 30 | To explain the nature of legal change Stone offers a model that suggests first , that clients revealed the gap between current values and the law ; second , that this was followed by the attempt of lawyers and judges to narrow the gap , often by inventing legal fictions or effectively changing the law by judicial re-interpretation ( the changing definition of legal cruelty provides one example of this ) ; and third , that all this culminated eventually in legal change when the ‘ level of duplicity and hypocrisy became intolerable to law lords and legislators alike ’ ( pp. 19–20 ) . |